Scorifier-tongs.



- No. 739,419. PATBNTED SEPT..22, 19,03.

. HYDE.

SGORIFIBR TONGS.

APPLICATION FILED 001221. 1902..

no MODEL.

- wibnsa ea UNITED STATES.

Patented September 22, 1903 PATENT OFFICE} JAMESM. HYDE, orsAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, AssIe oa'ro w. BRAUN AND COMPANY,.OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORA- TION OF CALIFORNIA.

SCORIFIERTONG S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,419, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filed October 27, 1902.

To and whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that 1, JAMES M. HYDE, a citia zen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Oupel, Crucible, Scorifier, or Roasting- Dish Tongs, of which the following is a specification.

An object of this invention is to provide superior means for manipulating cupels, scorifiers, roasting-dishes, andthe like.

The invention comprises tongs formed of two limbs moving toward and from a determined plane and furnished with holders on said limbs, each extending from the plane of movement of its limb to engage a vessel, the holder on one of said limbs being furnished with an opening through which material may be poured from the vessel held by the tongs. e

Oupels, scorifiers, and the like are usually heated in a muffie, oven, or inclosed furnace or chamber open at one end, and a number of such vessels are usually heated at one time, one being placed behind the other in the chamber. A

An object of this invention is to provide means for inserting or removing any one of the vessels into or from any part of the chamber without disturbing any other of the vessels and also to allow the contents of the ves-. sel to be readily poured. I

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention. I

Figure I is a view of one form of this invention in practical use. Fi II is a view of another form in use. Fig. III is a fragmental perspective detail of the grappling end of: the tongs, substantially as shown in; Fig. I, but slightly modified therefrom. Fig. IV is a like detail of the grappling end of the tongs,

as shown in Fig. II. Fig. V is a side elevation of the grappling end of the tongs shown in Fig. II. Fig. V1 is an end elevation looking from the left in Fig. I. Fig. VII is an end elevation looking from the left in Fig. II.

The limbs 1 2 of the tongs, which are connected together in the usual way by the spring-loop 3, move toward and from each other in a determined plane after the usual- Serial No. 129,040. (No model.)

manner and are furnished with holders respectively projecting downward from such plane, and the holder on one of said limbs has an opening through which the material may be poured from the cupel, crucible, or other open-topped vessel held by the tongs. 4designates said holders in a general way. In one form the holder on one limb may consist of two fingers a b, spaced apart to afford the opening a, through which the material may be poured. The holder on the other limb may be a single finger, as at d in Figs. II, IV, V, and VII, or two fingers e f, as shown in Figs. I, III, and VI, or may be of some other suitable form. r I e ,The holders may be hook-shaped or otherwise formed to grip the cupel, scorifier, roasting-dish, or crucible and are desirably spaced apart and arranged to simultaneously rest be beveled, one sloping upwardly and the other downwardly, as'shown at .g and h, to allow the ends of the tongs to overlap and escape each otherin the act of grasping cupels of small diameter. Holders may be formed by bending the tips of the limbs inwardly and downwardly. The end portions of the respective holders or fingers of the set are preferably inclined toward a common central point in order to bear correspondingly upon thesides of the receptacle. l

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the objects of my invention are largely attained by constructing the upper portionsof the fingers to operate in substantially the same plane with the limbs, while the end portions of said fingers are inclined inwardly and downwardly, whereby the aforementioned upperportions of the fingers are adapted to rest against and steady the top of the body being lifted and at the same time the downwardly-inclined end portions of the fingers grasp the receptacle to be lifted.

In practical use the tongs will be grasped in the usual manner and the cupel, scorifier,

roasting-dish, or crucible maybe grasped by the top and will be firmly held by the tongs while the contents of the vessel may be readily poured through the opening 0.

Now having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. Tongs comprising two limbs moving toward and from each other in a determined plane, and furnished with holders on said limbs, each extending from the plane of movement of its limb to engage a vessel, the holder on one of said limbs being furnished with an opening through which material may be poured from the vessel held by the tongs.

2. Tongs comprising two limbs moving towardand from each other in a determined plane and furnished with holders on said limbs, each extending from the plane of movement of its limb, the holderon one limb comprising two fingers spaced apart to allow material to be poured therebetween from a vessel held by said tongs.

3. Tongs comprising two limbs the grasping ends of which move toward and from each other, and fingers projecting from the limbs to engage a vessel, fingers on one of the limbs being located at the outer side of such limb and spaced apart.

4. A pair of tongs provided with a limb terminating in a downturned inwardly-inclined tip adapted to bear laterally against the vessel to be lifted.

5. A pair of tongs comprising limbs the grappling ends of which are provided with fingers, the upper portions of said fingers operating in substantially the same plane with each other, the end portions of said fingers converging inwardly and downwardly, the inner portions of the grappling ends of the limbs being oppositely beveled to allow said limbs to escape each other.

6. A pair of tongs provided with a set of grasping-fingers which converge downwardly toward a common central point when the limbs of the tongs are substantially parallel.

7. In a pair of tongs, in combination, a pair of limbs the grappling ends of which are movable toward and from each other, and grasping-fingers the upper portions of which operate in the same plane with the limbs and the end portions of said fingers are inclined inwardly and downwardly, whereby said upper portions of the fingers are adapted to rest against the top of the receptacle to be lifted while said end portions of the fingers grasp the sides thereof.

8. A pair of tongs formed in one piece com prising a pair of limbs provided with grasping-fingers which converge downwardly when the tongs are in position for use.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, this 29th day of September, 1902.

JAMES M. HYDE.

\Vitnesses:

THEODORE J. HOOVER, N. E. W. SMITH. 

